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Gérard Depardieu (born December 27, 1948; Template:Audio) is a French actor.
He was born in Chateauroux, Centre, France, the son of a sheet metal worker. His acting career started in the 1970s and by the early 1980s, he was one of the leading French actors gaining much attention for his role opposite Fanny Ardant in François Truffaut's film La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door), and winning his first César Award for Best Actor for his role in Le Dernier métro.
He also starred in Le Retour de Martin Guerre in 1982.
In the 1990s he achieved some fame in North America too. His most significant English-language productions are Green Card with Andie MacDowell and 1492: Conquest of Paradise.
He first married Élisabeth Depardieu, with whom he has two children:: Guillaume and Julie.
He later married fellow actress Carole Bouquet, in 1997.
Depardieu is the highest paid actor in France, and one of the most powerful within the French film industry. In addition to the nearly 150 motion-pictures he has appeared in, he has also directed and/or produced several major films through his company, "DD Productions".
Awards
He has been nominated a record-setting 14 times for the César Award as Best Actor. After his first win in 1981, he won a second time in 1991 for Cyrano de Bergerac for which he was also nominated for the 1990 Academy Award for Best Actor. In addition he also earned the following:
- 1985: Best Actor Award: Venice Film Festival for his role in Police
- 1990: Best Actor Award: Cannes Film Festival for his role in Camille Claudel
- 1991: winner Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Green Card
- 1997: Lion d'or: Venice Film Festival
Filmography
- Boudu (2005)
- Je préfère qu'on reste amis (2005)
- La Vie de Michel Muller est plus belle que la vôtre (2005)
- Amici miei '400 (2004)
- Les Temps qui changent (2004)
- 36 Quai des Orfèvres (2004)
- Nouvelle-France (2004)
- San Antonio (2004)
- RRRrrrr!!! (2004)
- Les Clefs de bagnole (2003)
- Tais-toi! (2003)
- Nathalie... (2003)
- Bon voyage (2003)
- Crime Spree (2003)
- Le Pacte du silence (2003)
- Blanche (2002)
- City of Ghosts (2002)
- Between Strangers (2002)
- Aime ton père (2002)
- I Am Dina (2002)
- Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre (2002)
- Streghe verso nord (2001)
- Vidocq (2001)
- CQ (2001)
- Concorrenza sleale (2001)
- Le Placard (2001), (The Closet)
- 102 Dalmatians (2000)
- Zavist bogov (2000)
- Les Misérables (2001), (TV miniseries co-produced by Depardieu)
- Vatel (2000)
- Les Acteurs (2000)
- Tutto l'amore che c'è (2000)
- Mirka (2000)
- Balzac: A Life of Passion (1999), (TV)
- Un pont entre deux rives (1999), (The Bridge; acted, produced and directed)
- Astérix et Obélix contre César (1999)
- Bimboland (1998)
- Le comte de Monte Cristo (1998), (TV miniseries)
- La Parola amore esiste (1998)
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), (English)
- XXL (1997)
- Hamlet (1996), (long version)
- Le Plus beau métier du monde (1996)
- The Secret Agent (1996)
- Bogus (1996), (English)
- Unhook the Stars (1996)
- Le Garçu (1995)
- Les Anges gardiens (1995)
- Élisa (1995)
- Les Cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995)
- La Machine (1994)
- Le Colonel Chabert (1994)
- Una Pura formalità (1994)
- My Father the Hero (1994), (English)
- Germinal (1993)
- Hélas pour moi (1993)
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), (English)
- From Time to Time (1992)
- Tous les matins du monde (1991)
- Mon père, ce héros. (1991)
- 'Merci la vie' (1991)
- Green Card (1990), (English)
- Uranus (1990)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
- I Want to Go Home (1989)
- Trop belle pour toi (1989)
- Deux (1989)
- Camille Claudel (1988)
- Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre (1988) .
- Sous le soleil de Satan (1987)
- Les Fugitifs (1986)
- Rue du départ (1986)
- Je hais les acteurs (1986)
- Jean de Florette (1986)
- Tenue de soirée (1986)
- Une femme ou deux (1985)
- Police (1985)
- Rive droite, rive gauche (1984)
- Le Tartuffe (1984)
- Fort Saganne (1984)
- Les Compères (1983)
- La Lune dans le caniveau (1983)
- Danton (1983)
- Le Grand frère (1982)
- Le Retour de Martin Guerre (1982), (The Return of Martin Guerre)
- La Chèvre (1981)
- La Femme d'à côté (1981)
- Le Choix des armes (1981)
- Je vous aime (1980)
- Inspecteur la Bavure (1980)
- Le Dernier métro (1980)
- Loulou (1980)
- Mon oncle d'Amérique (1980), (My American Uncle)
- Temporale Rosy (1980)
- Buffet froid (1979)
- Les Chiens (1979)
- L'Ingorgo - Una storia impossibile (1979)
- Le Sucre (1978)
- Ciao maschio (1978)
- Préparez vos mouchoirs (1978)
- La Nuit, tous les chats sont gris (1977)
- Dites-lui que je l'aime (1977)
- Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977)
- Le Camion (1977)
- Die Linkshändige Frau (1977)
- Violanta (1977)
- Barocco (1976)
- 1900 (1976)
- La Dernière femme (1976)
- Je t'aime moi non plus (1976)
- René la canne (1976)
- Sept morts sur ordonnance (1975)
- Vincent, François, Paul... et les autres (1974)
- Stavisky... (1974)
- La Femme du Gange (1974)
- Les Valseuses (1974)
- Les Gaspards (1974)
- Pas si méchant que ça (1974)
- Rude journée pour la reine (1973)
- Deux hommes dans la ville (1973)
- L'Affaire Dominici (1973)
- L'An 01 (1973)
- Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse (1973)
- Maîtresse (1973)
- La Scoumoune (1972)
- Nathalie Granger (1972)
- Le Tueur (1972)
- Le Viager (1972)
- Un peu de soleil dans l'eau froide (1971)
- La Vie sentimentale de Georges Le Tueur (1971)
- Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1970)
- Le Beatnik et le minet (1967)
See also
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